(i)Within 30 days after the Officers election is completed, each Officer shall nominate, for the approval of the Executive Committee, the persons to constitute the voting members of each Committee that reports to that Officer.

(ii)To the extent reasonable, these nominees should be persons with experience in the area of responsibility of the specific Committee to which nominated.

Additional Appointees

(i) From time to time thereafter an Officer may appoint additional persons to be a non-voting member of such Committee and, if the appointment of such a person is thereafter approved by the Executive Committee, such person shall become a voting member of the Committee.

(ii) At any time, a Committee Chair may appoint additional persons to be non-voting members of such Committee.

Committee Chairs

(i) Within 30 days after the Officers election is completed, each Officer shall nominate, for the approval of the Executive Committee, the person to serve as the Committee Chair of each Committee that reports to the Officer.

(ii) Each Chair, which could be the overseeing Officer, shall have the same rights and privileges as the other voting members.

(iii) A Committee Chair will be responsible for the following:

Scheduling of Committee meetings

Notification of Committee meetings

Conduct of Committee meetings

Any recording of meeting minutes (especially decisions)*

Any recording and tracking of actions*

Overseeing the timely completion of Committee activities and actions

*(could be delegated to a Committee Secretary)

(iv) A Committee Chair may appoint committee-level officers (e.g., Secretary) and create lower-tier groups (e.g., sub-committees, task forces, etc.) to assist in the performance of such duties and ensure the efficient operations of the Committee.

Term of Service

(i) A member of a Committee shall serve from the time of the Appointment until the Officer’s group nominations are approved by the Executive Committee after the next Officer’s election.

(ii) This is a period of up to approximately two years.

Meetings and Operations

Each Committee should meet face-to-face at least once per year. Opportunities include:

Responsible for for determining the general positions of the Society on legislative issues
and the strategy and program through which the Society shall promote these positions.

Has authority for expenditures for the Society’s legislative program, including
contracting for lobbying services, from funds set aside by the Executive Committee for
such purposes in a duly approved budget.

Responsible for legislative action on behalf of the Society including a phone tree,
letter writing, and other types of legislative campaigns.

Responsible for developing and maintaining a phone tree and other procedures, including
appointment and removal of volunteer legislative action coordinators.

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